Eglinton Residents at Mayoral Awards

Picture shows Huda and Adil with the Mayor of Galway City (Councillor Niall O'Brolchain) and family and friends at the 'Mayoral Awards 2007' in the Black Box Theatre

As was pointed out a few weeks ago in a December article entitled Asylum Seekers Nominated for Mayoral Awards, Adil Jaber & Huda Jafer were nominated for the annual volunteer Galway City Mayoral Awards on account of their unselfish dedication actions on behalf of all the residents of the Eglinton Hotel in 2006.
They were finalists in the Social and Community category and were the first asylum seekers ever to be nominated for these prestigious honours.
Though they recently moved to Dublin after securing residency status, the HSE paid for their travel and accommodation expenses in order to return to Galway and attend the Awards Night in the Black Box Theatre.
Many of their friends attended the event to give them moral and vocal support. Sadly, they did not win but they were really happy to return with their two children and renew acquaintances with the many friends that they made in their year-long stay in Galway.
Still their nomination showed just how much we respected them as shining examples of volunteerism and goodness.